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Burlington: Police look for suspicious man who approached children. Police was called to Ethan Allen Parkway by a parent of two 7 and 8 year-old girls. The girls told their mother that a man driving a grey car stopped to talk to them and asked them to get in his car. They were near their home and immediately ran to tell her.

Fire crews say a fatal house fire is not being investigated as suspicious, but they have identified the victim. John King, 83, was killed in the fire that erupted around 4:30 a.m. in Waitsfield. Firefighters said they arrived on scene to discover flames coming from the back portion of the house on the lower level.

A police standoff in St. Albans has ended peacefully and with a suspect in custody. Chief Gary Taylor said the U.S. Marshals and St. Albans police went to 32 Rugg Street at 7:26 a.m. Wednesday to arrest a fugitive.

The Bristol Police Department is searching for the woman who robbed a bank in Bristol Saturday morning. Police said the suspect walked into the National Bank of Middlebury on Main Street just after 11 a.m.

A woman robbed the NorthCountry Federal Credit Union office in Alburgh Tuesday night. Vermont state police responded to the robbery on South Main Street at 4:48 p.m. They said a woman dressed in blue jeans, a dark jacket, and a scarf walked into the bank and demanded money.

Police say the intersection of Route 104 and Vermont Route 15 in Cambridge is closed following a crash. Troopers, along with Cambridge fire and rescue, are responding to the scene. There's currently no estimate on when the road will reopen and motorists are being encouraged to seek alternate routes.

Vermont police are investigating after finding a body partially covered in snow in Caledonia County. At approximately 4:23 p.m. Sunday, the Vermont State Police responded to a report of a deceased man on the edge of Peacham Road in the Town of Barnet

Police say a man in Vermont has used a machete to attack a woman in her 70s as she delivered meals to a motel being used as emergency housing for the homeless. 32-year-old Burlington resident Abukar Ibrahim is accused of attacking the 73-year-old Meals on Wheels volunteer who was dropping off meals at Harbor Place, which serves as a temporary emergency housing facility. The attack happened Friday in Shelburne.

Authorities charged a man in relation to the machete attack that almost killed a woman Friday morning. The 73-year-old woman was severely cut in the leg when the suspect, who was reported as smashing car windows at the Harbor Place motel, attacked her. She was hospitalized and later released.

A doctor has found a man accused of killing his wife with a cleaver and critically injuring his mother-in-law competent to stand trial. Police said Aita Gurung, 35, killed Yogeswari Khadka, 32, and seriously injured her mother at their Burlington home in October.

Vermont State Police were investigating an officer-involved shooting in St. Albans Tuesday evening. St. Albans police said they responded to a report of a man dressed in black with an assault rifle reportedly firing shots on Lincoln Avenue just before 6 p.m.

A South Burlington man is expected in court today after allegedly pulling a knife on a cab driver. Police say 38-year-old Adam Nilson was a passenger in the cab early New Year's morning. They say that when Nislon thought the driver was not going the right way he pulled out the weapon.

61-year-old Nelson E. Rix was found dead after crashing his vehicle into the Sherman Reservoir in Whitingham. The Readsboro and Whitingham Fire Departments, along with the North Adams Ambulance Service, were called to the scene.

A Montpelier woman has been charged after police said she returned donated toys to Walmart in exchange for a gift card. Berlin police said Tayna Drown, 30, went to the Berlin Walmart on Dec. 1 and fraudulently returned a cart of toys.

Sixty-seven people have been killed on Vermont roads so far this year. To turn the trend around, State Police are continuing crackdown efforts over the holidays. "Typically, in Rutland County, we've only got five to six troopers working a shift. There will be 30 here today," said Vermont State Police Lt. Tom Mozzer.

A small earthquake has been recorded in the area of White River Junction, Vermont, near the New Hampshire border. Some residents reported feeling the 2.3-magnitude earthquake, which the United States Geological Survey says struck around 11:30 p.m. Wednesday.

Police in Colchester say they responded to a burglary in a Saint Michael's College townhouse on Monday. Police are looking for your help in identifying the man in the video who entered a laundry room overnight. A media release states that the man was described as 5'9", with a dark baseball cap and hooded black jacket, dark pants and skater shoes.

Fire investigators are determining what caused a barn fire on Layport Road in Morrisville early Monday. Fire crews responded to the scene around 3 a.m. and say about seven departments had to handle the fire.

Police responded to a fatal accident on Burke Mountain on Sunday. Denny Degreenia, 45, of Concord, was driving a 1986 LMC 1500 tracked and enclosed utility vehicle, checking "snow guns" on the mountain when the vehicle rolled over. He and passenger Clifford Savage, 27, were both unrestrained at the time, and Degreenia was ejected.

A Pittsford man will be in court today following a road rage incident Thursday night in Rutland Town. Police say 22-year-old John Hart became upset and brandished a gun during an argument. He was arrested and charged with aggravated assault.

A New Hampshire man was killed in a workplace accident Wednesday afternoon in Vermont. Bruce Biron, 55, of West Stewartstown, was doing some work inside a silo at the Ethan Allen Furniture Plant in Beecher Falls when he suffered serious injuries.

Everyone is safe, but it’s still unclear how long dangerous carbon monoxide gas was leaking into 12 apartment buildings. Williston fire crews were at the scene for several hours, investigating a carbon monoxide leak.

Bellows Falls: Fire severely damaged a home in Bellows Falls. The fire broke out on Westminster Street a little after 1 A.M. Sunday. Four people were inside the home at the time but they were able to make it out safely. Multiple departments from both Vermont and New Hampshire responded to the 3-alarm blaze. One fire fighter was treated for a hand injury. The state was called in to investigate the cause.